[ale] Machine With Drives @ e,f,g,h: help?

Danny Cox danscox at mindspring.com
Fri Jan 3 19:05:12 EST 2003


Denny,

On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 18:15, Denny Chambers wrote:
> I am assuming that the Promise controller is an add in (meaning that it 
> is not built onto the mother board). I have seen similar cards that 
> allowed you to make the add-in controller the primary controller. These 
> add in controller have there own Bios on board, much like SCSI cards do. 
> So during boot the bios should try to read from the add-in controller 
> Primary->Master drive. This may possible require a jumper setting on the 
> mother board. I am not sure.

	No, sorry, this Promise chip is on the mobo.  I've been through the
BIOS settings, and don't see a way to change that (rats!).  It's very
similar to the Manta board, but not identical by any means.

	Thanks!

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medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.

Danny

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